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Article: Clinton Administration Announces Salmon Recovery Agreement; Columbia River Restoration Funding Will Not Be Capped
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- U.S. Newswire
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- October 24, 1995
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Clinton Administration
has announced a significant salmon recovery agreement that will
provide needed additional funds for salmon restoration in the
Columbia River without incorporating provisions that would have
waived important sections of the Northwest Power Act and the
Endangered Species Act.
Trout Unlimited, America's leading coldwater fisheries
conservation organization, has offered its support for the
agreement, which was reached by the Clinton Administration and key
members of the Pacific Northwest Congressional delegation.
Two weeks ago, the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee of
Appropriations was considering legislation that would ...